IRB Member Professional Development Opportunities
In addition to maintaining your CITI Biomedical Research Investigator or Social & Behavioral Research Investigator certification and RCR for Human Subjects, the following professional development opportunities are offered to the IRB membership.
CITI IRB Members
- Login to CITI using the following link:
https://www.citiprogram.org/index.cfm?pageID=14 - Next to UMES select “View Courses”
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Under “Learner Tools for UMES”, select “Add a Course”
- Question 1 – Select IRB Members: This Basic Course is appropriate for IRB or Ethics
- Committee members.
- Click “Submit” and the course will populate on your “My Courses” page.
- Complete the course.
CITI IRB Protocol Review
This course in CITI focuses on nonexempt IRB protocol reviews. You can access the course in the following manner:
- Login to CITI using the following link:
https://www.citiprogram.org/index.cfm?pageID=14
- Next to UMES select “View Courses”
- Scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Under “Learner Tools for UMES”, select “Add a Course”
- Ignore Questions 1-5
- Question 6 – IRB Protocol Review – select “Yes”
- Click “Submit” and the course will populate on your “My Courses” page.
- Complete the course.
Human Research Protection Foundational Training
This is a 5-lesson program offered by the OHRP that is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. Training does not have to be completed in one sitting; however, you must print the certificate when you complete each lesson as OHRP does not track completion.
Considerations For Reviewing Human Subjects Research
This is a 3-lesson interactive program offered by the OHRP that is estimated to take a total of 90 minutes to complete. Training does not have to be completed in one sitting; however, you must print the certificate when you complete each lesson as OHRP does not track completion.
OHRP Webinars
These webinars are of varying length and on various topics within human subjects research.
OHRP Mini tutorials
Here you will find a collection of mini-video tutorials estimated to be 15 minutes in duration.
https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/online-education/mini-tutorials/index.html
OHRP Videos
This is an extensive collection of videos offered by the OHRP of various lengths.
https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/online-education/videos/all-videos/index.html
Luminaries Lecture Series
OHRP offers a series of presentation recordings by esteemed individuals with thought-provoking insights on human research protections delivered at OHRP-sponsored events.
https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/luminaries-lecture-series/index.html
Join the OHRP ListServ to be up to date on offerings at https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe
Review the suggestions in “Training Checklist for Someone Working with IRBs” compiled by the OHRP. Click HERE for the Training Checklist.